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SETH ORAIGE, 0F PHILADELPHIA. "PENNSYLVANIA.'gl

Letters Patent No. 98,235, dated December 28, 1869.

IMPROVED SPUR.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making 'part cf the same To all whom/t may concern:

Be it knownihat I, SETH CRAIGE, of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Spur; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference, being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, tin which- Fignre 1 reprcsentsa side view, partly in section, of my improved spar.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view ofthe same.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new manner of seeming The shank B carries the pin b, which is forced into v the heel, and which, together with the'inward bent ends o of the fork, serves to retain the spur on the heel.

'lhe'spring-catohv looks the shank to the fork, and thereby also the'spur to the heel. I t engages into a rounded or hevelled recess ofthe shank, as shown and allows, therefore, the shank vto be pulled ont without very great exertion, As soon as the shank is drawn ont, the fork will no longer be secured to the heel. Y The spur can be readily'tlstened to .different boots as long as'the'ir heels are nearly ofthe same size.

I prefer to make that portion of the shank' which fits into the socket of the fork, of polygonal form, andv to shape the aperture in the fork accordingly, to prevent the shank from turning int-he t'ork. Haring tlnlsdescrihed my invention,

f I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The improved spur above described, formed by the combination of a shank, B, spring-catch a, and heelpin b, with heel-arms A A, having the bent ends ce, each of said parts being consti-noted and ananged with respect to the others, as shown and described.

SEIH CRAIGE.

Witnesses:

WM. CAMPBELL, EDM. MAAG. 

